
Yarn Bases
All the wool in our yarn is mulesing free and sourced from Britain and South America.
Below is a list of all the different yarn bases that Stranded currently carries. Yarns marked with an asterisk (*) aren't stocked in the shop all the time.
Lace weight:
Mohair Silk - 72% Kid Mohair, 28% Silk lace weight. Non superwash - hand wash only.
459yds / 420m per 50g skein.
Suri Silk - 74% Baby Suri Alpaca and 26% Silk lace weight. Non superwash - hand wash only.
328yds / 300m per 50g skein. DISCONTINUED
Fingering weight:
Merino Cotton - 87% Superwash Merino, 13% Pima Cotton fingering weight.
437yds / 400m per 100g skein. This yarn has a light marl to it, where the cotton repels the dye, it has a lovely soft hand is great for shawls, sweaters and kids knits.
Merino Nylon - 75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon fingering weight.
464yds / 425m per 100g skein. Perfect for sock projects, but soft enough for sweaters and shawls. A four ply construction, the nylon content makes it a little more hardwearing.
Merino Silk* - 50% Superwash Merino and 50% Silk fingering weight.
437yds / 400m per 100g skein.
Merino Singles - 100% Superwash Merino single ply fingering weight.
400yds / 366m per 100g skein. DISCONTINUED
Merino Yak Nylon - 70% Superwash Merino and 20% Yak, 10% Nylon fingering weight.
437yds / 400m per 100g skein. The Yak content gives the undyed yarn a greyish brown hue, which means colours often look richer and deeper on this base - and also means that I don't tend to offer it in paler colourways.
BFL Nylon - 80% Superwash Blue Faced Leicester (BFL) 20% Nylon, High Twist fingering weight.
400yds / 365m per 100g skein.
Double Knit (DK) weight:
Merino DK - 100% Superwash Merino DK weight.
251yds / 230m per 115g skein (218yds / 200m to 100g).
Merino Yak Silk* - 60% Superwash Merino 20% Yak 20% Silk DK weight.
231yds / 212m per 100g skein. The Yak content gives the undyed yarn a greyish brown hue, which means colours often look richer and deeper on this base - and also means that I don't tend to offer it in paler colourways.
Aran weight:
Merino Aran - 100% Superwash Merino aran weight.
181yds / 166m per 100g skein.
